Top Favorite Films of 1989

Directed by Steve Miner

Starring Julian Sands, Richard E. Grant, Ian Abercrombie, Lori Singer, Mary Woronov, Kevin O'Brien, Richard Kuss, Anna Levine, David Carpenter, Kay E. Kuter, Brandon Call, Kenneth Danzinger, and Rob Paulsen

Directed by John D. Hancock

Starring Rebecca Harnell Tickell, Ariana Richards, Sam Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Rutanya Alda, Michael Constantine, Abe Vigoda, John Duda, Mark Roltson, Johnny Galecki, Jesse Bradford, and Robert Zimmerman

Directed by John Musker and Ron Clements

Featuring voices of Jodi Benson, Christopher Daniel Barnes, Samuel E. Wright, Kenneth Mars, Pat Carroll, Rene Auberjonis, Will Ryan, Paddi Edwards, Jason Marin, Buddy Hackett, Edie McClurg, Hamilton Camp, Ed Gilbert, Jack Angel, Charles Adler, Nancy Cartwright, Jennifer Darling, Anne Lockhart, Sherry Lynn, Patrick Pinney, Sally Stevens, Bobbi Page, Tim Curry, Gerrit Graham, Kimmy Robertson, Mark Hamill, Jim Cummings, and Frank Welker

Directed by Jay Levey

Starring "Weird Al" Yankovic, Victoria Jackson, Michael Richards, Kevin McCarthy, Anthony Geary, Trinidad Silvia, David Bowe, Stanley Brock, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, John Paragon, Fran Drescher, Sue Ann Langdon, Jay Levey, Dave Proval, Emo Philips, Jim West, Steve Jay, Jon Schwartz, Kim Bullard, Barry "Doctor Demento" Hansen, Roger Callard, Belinda Bauer, Lori Wagner, Patrick Thomas O'Brien, and voices of M.G. Kelly, Jay Gardner, John Harlan, and Jim Rose

 

Directed by Sean S. Cunningham

Starring Greg Evigan, Miguel Ferrer, Cindy Pickett, Nancy Everhard, Nia Peebles, Matt McCoy, Marius Weyers, Chris Walas, Elya Baskin, Thom Bray, Elya Baskin, and Ronn Carroll

Directed by Graeme Clifford

Starring Christian Slater, Tony Hawks, Rita Rudner, Steven Bauer, Richard Herd, Le Tuan, Max Perlich, Peter Kwong, Charles Cyphers, Tommy Guerro, Jack Riley, Buddy Hart, and J. Jay Saunders

Directed by Michele Soavi

Starring Barbara Cupisti, Asia Argento, Hugh Quarshie, Tomas Arana, Feodor Chaliapin Jr, Antonella Vitale, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Roberto Caruso, Claire Hardwick, Olivia Cupisti, John Richardson, and Michele Soavi

Directed by Bob Balaban

Starring Bryan Madorsky, Mary Beth Hurt, Sandy Dennis, Randy Quaid, Deborah Rush, Graham Jarvis, Kathryn Grody, Helen Carscallen, Wayne Robson, Warren Van Evera, Larry Palef, and Mariah Balaban

Directed by Stephen Herek

Starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, George Carlin, Bernie Casey, Clarence Clemmons, Fee Waybill, Martha Davis, Dan Shor, Frazier Bain, Ed Solomon, Chris Matheson, Terry Camilleri, Tony Steedman, Al Leong, Jane Wiedlin, Robert V. Barron, Rod Loomis, Hal Landon Jr., Clifford David, J. Patrick McNamara, Diane Franklin, Amy Stock Poynton, John Karlsen, and Kimberly Kates

Directed by Tim Burton

Starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Jack Palance, Robert Wuhl, Michael Gough, Tracey Walter, Jerry Hall, Billy Dee Williams, William Hootkins, Pat Hingle, Edward Craig, Kate Harper, Bruce McGuire, Richard Durden, Kit Hollerbach, Christopher Fairbank, George Roth, Hugo Blick, Charles Roskilly, David Baxt, Sharon Holm, Denis Lill, and Clive Curtis

Directed by John Irvin

Starring Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, Ben Stiller, Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt, Andreas Katsulas, Bill Paxton, Michael J. Pollard, Del Close, Ted Levine, Lisa Neimi Swayze, Paul Herman, Vincent Guastaferro, Richard Wharton, and Kimberly Cole

Directed by James Cameron

Starring Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn, Leo Burmester, Todd Graff, John Bedford Lloyd, J.C. Quinn, Kimberly Scott, Captain Kidd Brewster Jr., George Robert Klek, Christopher Murphy, Adam Nelson, Dick Warlock, Jimmy Ray Weeks, J. Kenneth Campbell, Chris Elliott, Ken Jenkins, Michael Beach, and Brad Sullivan

Directed by Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, and Dan Kuenster

Voices of Burt Reynolds, Judith Barsi, Dom DeLuise, Melba Moore, Vic Tayback, Ken Page, Loni Anderson, Daryl Gilley, Candy Devine, Charles Nelson Reilly, Rob Fuller, Earleen Carey, Anna Manahan, Nigel Pegram, and Godfrey Quigley

Directed by Philip Noyce

Starring Rutger Hauer, Terry O'Quinn, Brandon Call, Rick Overton, Noble Winningham, Lisa Blount, Sho Kusogi, Nick Cassavettes, Randall "Tex" Cobb, and Meg Foster

Directed by Gus Van Sant

Starring Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, William S. Burroughs, James Le Gros, Heather Graham, James Remar, Max Perlich, Eric Hull, John Kelly, Grace Zabriskie, Michael Parker, Neal Thomas, and Woody the Dog

Directed by Sidney Lumet

Starring Dustin Hoffman, Sean Connery, Deborah Rush, Willie C. Carpenter, Matthew Broderick, Marilyn Sokol, Rosanna DeSoto, BD Wong, Janet Carroll, Victoria Jackson, Bill McCutcheon, Rex Everhart, James Tolkan, Wendell Pierce, and Luis Guzman

Directed by Brian Yuzna

Starring Billy Warlock, Devin DeVasquez, Evan Richards, Ben Myerson, Ben Slack, Charles Lucis, Patrice Jennings, Heidi Kozak, David Wiley, Tim Bartell, Conan Yuzna, David Wells, Maria Claire, Pamela Matheson, and Brian Bremer

Directed by Ridley Scott

Starring Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia, Kate Capshaw, Ken Takakura, Yusaku Matsuda, Shigeru Koyama, John Spencer, Guts Ishimatsu, Yuya Uchida, Miyuki Ono, Luis Guzman, Tomisaburo Wakayama, John Costelloe, Stephen Root, Richard Riehle, Clem Caserta, Tim Kelleher, Vondie Curtis Hall, Jun Kunimara, Professor Toru Tanaka, Jim Ishida, Toshihshiro Obata, Al Leong, and Bruce Locke

Directed by Joe Dante

Starring Tom Hanks, Rick Ducommun, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Corey Feldman, Wendy Schaal, Henry Gibson, Brother Theodore, Courtney Gains, Gale Gordon, Dick Miller, Robert Picardo, Rance Howard, Franklyn Ajaye, Kevin Gage, Patrika Darbo, and voices of Archie Hahn, Leigh French, Billy Jayne, Jeffrey Kramer, and Lynne Marie Stewart

Directed by Jeremiah S. Chechik

Starring Chevy Chase, Beverly DeAngeleo, Johnny Galecki, Juilette Lewis, Randy Quaid, John Randolph, Mae Questel, Dianne Ladd, E.G. Marshall, Doris Roberts, Miriam Flynn, Cody Burger, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Ellen Hamilton Latzen, William Hickey, Sam McMurray, Nicolette Scorsese, Keith MacKechnie, Brian Doyle Murray, and Natalijia Nogulich

Directed by Peter Weir

Starring Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles, Kurtwood Smith, Gale Hansen, Dylan Hussman, Allelon Ruggerio, Jsmes Waterston, Norman Lloyd, Carla Belver, George Martin, Kevin Cooney, Alexandra Powers, Melora Waters, Debra Mooney, and Jamie Kennedy

Directed by Bruce Beresford

Starring Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone, Esther Rolle, Joann Havrila, William Hall Jr., Alvin M. Sugerman, Clarice F. Geigerman, Muriel Moore, Sylvia Kaler, Crystal R. Fox, and Bob Hannah

Directed by Spike Lee

Starring Spike Lee, Danny Aiello, Samuel L. Jackson, Ruby Dee, Richard Edson, Giancarlo Espositio, Bill Nunn, John Turturro, Paul Benjamin, Nicholas Turturro, Rosie Perez, Frankie Faison, Robin Harris, Miguel Sandoval, Steve Park, Jolie Lee, John Savage, Martin Lawrence, and Frank Vincent

Directed by Terry Jones

Starring Tim Robbins, Mickey Rooney, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Imogen Stubbs, Tsutomu Sekine, Antony Sher, Gary Cady, Charles McKeown, Tim McInnerny, Freddie Jones, Samantha Bond, Jim Broadbent, Jim Carter, Tilly Vosburgh, Jay Simpson, and Sian Thomas

Directed by Michael Ritchie

Starring Chevy Chase, R. Lee Ermey, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Hal Holbrook, Julianne Phillips, Richard Libertini, Cleavon Little, Patricia Kalember, Geoffrey Lewis, Richard Belzer, Phil Hartman, Titos Vandis, Dennis Buckley, and Noelle Beck

Directed by Rob Hedden

Starring Kane Hodder, Todd Caldecott, Tiffany Paulsen, Tim Mirkovich, Jensen Daggett, Barbara Bingham, Alex Diakun, Peter Mark Richman, Walter Munson, Scott Reeves, Gordon Currie, Saffron Henderson, Vincent Craig Dupree, Sharlene Martin, Kelly Hu, and Ken Kirzinger

Directed by Ivan Reitman

Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Peter MacNichol, Wilhelm von Homburg, William T. Deutchschendorf, Harry J. Deutchschendorf II, Mary Ellen Trainor, Harris Yulin, David Margulies, Kurt Fuller, Janet Margolin, Jason Reitman, Catherine Reitman, Aaron Lustig, Bobby Brown, Cheech Marin, Christopher Neame, Brian Doyle Murray, Ben Stein, Douglas Seale, Philip Baker Hall, Kevin Dunn, Chloe Webb, and voices of Max Von Sydow and Ivan Reitman

Directed by Edward Zwick

Starring Matthew Broderick, Denzil Washington, Bill Nunn, Morgan Freeman, Cary Elwes, Donavan Leitch Jr., JD Callum, Jihmny Kennedy, Andre Braugher, John Finn, Alan North, Bob Gunton, Cliff De Young, Christian Baskous, RonReaco Lee, Jay O. Sanders, Richard Riehle, Peter Michael Goetz, Ethan Philips, Afemo Omilani, Bob Minor, Mark Margolis, Jane Alexander, and Raymond St. Jacques

Directed by Steven Spielberg

Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Audrey Hepburn, Brad Johnson, John Goodman, Keith David, Marg Helgenberger, Roberts Blossom, Ed Van Nuys, Dale Dye, Doug McGrath, Kim Robillard, JD Souther, James Lashy, Jim Sparkman, and Michael Steve Jones

Directed by Dominque Othenin Girard

Starring Donald Pleasance, Danielle Lloyd, Ellie Cornell, Beau Starr, Jeffery Landman, Donald Shanks, Greg Nictotero, Karen Alston, David Ursin, Max Robinson, Harper Roisman, Frankie Como, Troy Evans, Betty Carvalho, Wendy Foxworth, Mathew Walker, Tamara Glynn, and Jonathan Chapin

Directed by Steven Spielberg

Starring Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, River Phenoix, Denholm Elliot, Alison Doody, John Rhys Davies, Julian Glover, Michael Byrne, Robert Eddison, Richard Young, Paul Maxwell, Pat Roach, Tim Hiser, Eugene Lipinski, Ronald Lacey, Michael Sheard, and Tip Tippling

Directed by Savage Steve Holland

Starring Anthony Edwards, Lara Flynn Boyle, Corey Parker, Finn Carter, Charles Rocket, Christopher Rydell, Brian Doyle Murray, Tichina Arnold, Bill Raymond, Phil Hartman, Philip Baker Hall, Richard Jenkins, O Lan Jones, Bob Eubanks, Tom Kenny, Diane Franklin, Phill Lewis, Dan Schneider, Hope Marie Carlton, Curtis Armstrong, Taylor Negron and voice of Gary Owens

Directed by David Worth and Mark DiSalle

Starring Jean Claude Van Damme, Dennis Alexio, Dennis Chan, Michel Qissi, Haskell V. Alexander III, Rochelle Ashana, Ka Ting Lee, Richard Foo, and John Ladalski

 

Directed by Richard Donner

Starring Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Patsy Kensit, Joss Ackland, Joe Pesci, Dean Norris, Darlene Love, Mark Rolston, Traci Wolfe, Steve Kahan, Damon Hines, Nestor Sorrano, Ebonie Smith, Jennete Goldstein, Jack McGee, Sherman Howard, Danny Wynands, Kenneth Tigar, Mary Ellen Trainor, David Marciano, Derrick O'Connor, and Tommy Hinkley

Directed by Amy Heckerling

Starring Kristie Alley, John Travolta, Olympia Dukakis, George Segal, Abe Vigoda, Joy Bouschel, Don S. Davis, William S. Davis, Blu Mankuma, Dahlia Novak, Neal Isreal, Twink Caplan, Jason Schaller, Jaryd Waterhouse, Christopher Aydon, Jacob S. Haines, and voices of Bruce Willis and Joan Rivers

Directed by George P. Cosmatos

Starring Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays, Daniel Stern, Hector Elizondo, Ernie Hudson, Michael Carmine, Lisa Eilbacher, Meg Foster, Eugene Lipinski, and Tom Woodruff Jr.

Directed by David S. Ward

Starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Corbin Bersen, Margaret Whitton, James Gammon, Rene Russo, Wesley Snipes, Charles Cypher, Chelcie Ross, Charles Cyphers, Dennis Haysbert, Andy Romano, Bob Uecker, Mike Bacarella, Gary Huston, Deborah Wakeman, Neil Flynn, Ted White, and F. Gary Gray

Directed by Peter Jackson

Starring Danny Mulheron, Jay Snowfield, featuring voices of Doug Wren, Mark Wright, Paul Vere Jones, Brian Sergent, Ross Jolly, Mark Hadlow, Stuart Devenie, and Donna Akersten

Directed by Stephen Hopkins

Starring Lisa Wilcox, Robert Englund, Kelly Jo Minter, Danny Hassel Erika Anderson, Nicholas Mele, Joe Seely, Valorie Armstrong, Beatrice Boepple, Burr DeDanning, Nobel Craig, Steven Grives, Whit Hertford, Kara Marie, Marnette Patterson, Michael Bailey Smith, Wally George, and Ted Nugent

Directed by Mary Lambert

Starring Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby, Fred Gwynne, Brad Greenquist, Miko Hughes, Blaze Berdhal, Stephen King, Beau Berdhal, Susan Blommaert, Mary Louise Wilson, Andrew Hubastek, Donnie Greene, Michael Lombard, and Elizabeth Ureneck

Directed by Dwight H. Little

Starring Robert Englund, Jill Schoelen, Alex Hyde White, Bill Nigby, Stephanie Lawrence, Terence Harvey, Nathan Lewis, Peter Clapman, Molly Shannon, Emma Rawson, Mark Ryan, Yehuda Efoni, Terence Beesley, Cathy Murphy, and John Ghavan

Directed by Mark Goldblatt

Starring Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett Jr., Jeroen Krabbe, Kim Miyori, Bryan Marshall, Nancy Everhsrd, Barry Otto, Brian Rooney, Zoshka Mizak, Kenji Yamaki, Hirofumi Kanayama, Todd Boyce, Max Lloyd, Holly Rogers, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Carter, and Brooke Anderson

Directed by David Schmoeller

Starring Paul Le Mat, William Hickey, Irene Miracle, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Robin Frates, Matt Roe, Kathryn O'Reilly, Mews Small, and voices of Ed Cook, Linda O. Cook, Tim Dornberg, Bert Rosario, and Michael Laide

Directed by Stuart Gordon

Starring Gary Graham, Anne Marie Johnson, Paul Koslo, Robert Sampson, Danny Kamekona, Michael Alldredge, Jeffrey Combs, Michael Saad, Ian Patrick Wilson, Jason Marsden, Carolyn Purdy Gordon, Geoffrey Copleston, Hal Yamanochi, James Sampson, Bruce Maguire, Hilary Mason, and Stuart Gordon

Directed by Michael Moore

Starring Michael Moore, Roger B. Smith, Rhonda Britton, Fred Ross, James Blancard, Anita Bryant, Karen Edgley, Pat Boone, Bob Eubanks, and Brian McDonald

Directed by Cameron Crowe

Starring John Cusack, Ione Skye, John Mahoney, Jeremy Piven, Lili Taylor, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Dan Castellanetta, Joan Cusack, Amy Brooks, Pamela Aldon, Jason Gould, Loren Dean, Glenn Walker Harris Jr., Polly Platt, Johnny Green, Bebe Neuwirth, Eric Stoltz, Kim Walker, Chynna Phillips, Judy Prescott, Jaime Gomez, Richard Portnow, Lois Chiles, Philip Baker Hall, and Katie Lyman

Directed by Harold Becker

Starring Al Pacino, John Goodman, Ellen Barkin, Michael Rooker, Samuel L. Jackson, William Hickey, Richard Jenkins, Paul Calderon, Gene Canfield, Larry Joshua, John Spencer, Christine Estabrooke, Barbara Baxley, Patricia Barry, and Michael O'Neill

Directed by Arthur Hiller

Starring Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Joan Severance, Kevin Spacey, Zach Grenier, Mary Kay Adams, Lauren Tom, John Capodice, Anthony Zerbe, and Alan North

Directed by Stan Dragotti

Starring Tony Danza, Ami Dolenz, Catherine Hicks, Wallace Shawn, Dick O'Neill, Laura Mooney, Matthew Perry, Dana Ashbrook, Derek McGrath, Michael Alaimo, Diana Barrows, Robbie Rist, Brad Kesten, Todd Bridges, and Dustin Diamond

Directed by Wes Craven

Starring Mitch Pileggi, Peter Berg, Michael Murphy, Camille Cooper, Heather Lagenkamp, Ted Raimi, Sam Scarber, Brent Spiner, Timothy Leary, Kane Roberts, Richard Brooks, Linda Kaye, Vincent Gustaferro, Ernie Lively, Lindsay Parker, Virginia Morris, and Wes Craven